About the tongue

.....the tongue is a fire,
a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members,
that it defileth the whole body,
and setteth on fire the course of nature;
and it is set on fire of hell.

Even so the tongue is a small part of the body,
but it takes credit for great things.
How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!

With it we give praise to our Lord and Father;
and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing.
My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

Who has wisdom and good sense among you?
let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others,
have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.